Apparently the ostrich can hold a 20 MPH speed for an hour, so it could outpace basically any animal. Anyone want to challenge?
Apparently the ostrich can hold a 20 MPH speed for an hour, so it could outpace basically any animal. Anyone want to challenge?
Pronghorn antelope is twice as fast:
"With an alleged top speed of 60 miles an hour, the pronghorn antelope is second only to the cheetah. But whereas the cheetah is a mere sprinter, the pronghorn is an endurance runner par excellence. Herds of pronghorn galloping across the high prairies of Wyoming can average 40 miles an hour for half an hour or more. If pronghorn ran marathons, they would complete the course in 40 minutes."
Is this the average ostrich or a top ostrich? If its a top ostrich can we safely assume he's run 14 for the 5k and makes $250,000 a year? Could we possibly get Renato Canova to comment on his training?
That ostrich was clearly doping. Does anyone even know its PRs from last year???
The pronghorn is not an antelope!
You also failed to notice that half an hour at 40mph is only 20 miles. There is no guarantee that they could even finish a marathon.
If you think I'm joking, consider the energy disadvantage they and other grass-eating herbivores are at. They get little energy from all that worthless grass and so they have to constantly be eating, all damn day, or they will starve to death. Look at a herd of horses and see how often it ever gallops anywhere.
So a pronghorn might just have to stop after 20 miles and eat. If it tries to keep going it might hit the wall and bonk. They aren't magic fairy-tale creatures that can do just anything.
Guess what, a prairie dog is not a dog either! And those big shaggy guys are not buffalo, but bison! You would find life very confusing on the American prairies.The OP proposed the ostrich as #1 based on 20mph for 20 miles. I counterproposed a pronghorn at 40 mph for half an hour, with documentation no less. Maybe they both have to stop at 20 miles and order out for pizza. The difference is that by the time the pie arrives for the ostrich, the pronghorn is in the next county.
Bad Wigins wrote:
The pronghorn is not an antelope!
You also failed to notice that half an hour at 40mph is only 20 miles. There is no guarantee that they could even finish a marathon.
If you think I'm joking, consider the energy disadvantage they and other grass-eating herbivores are at. They get little energy from all that worthless grass and so they have to constantly be eating, all damn day, or they will starve to death. Look at a herd of horses and see how often it ever gallops anywhere.
So a pronghorn might just have to stop after 20 miles and eat. If it tries to keep going it might hit the wall and bonk. They aren't magic fairy-tale creatures that can do just anything.
so you and the OP are equally wrong, big deal.
For all anyone knows, only a well-trained pronghorn or ostrich could run a full marathon, whereas an ordinary one would be beaten by a well-trained human.
Humans sometimes win the man-vs-horse marathon, which is only 22 miles. If it were 26 miles we might always win.
You must be great fun at partiesas long as no one else shows up.The autistic spectrum has not been kind to you.
Bad Wigins wrote:
so you and the OP are equally wrong, big deal.
For all anyone knows, only a well-trained pronghorn or ostrich could run a full marathon, whereas an ordinary one would be beaten by a well-trained human.
Humans sometimes win the man-vs-horse marathon, which is only 22 miles. If it were 26 miles we might always win.
This is the ostrich and pronghorn thread, not the misusing extinct memes thread.